Well the federalist papers make it clear that the second ammendment is intended to keep a tyranical government at bay, and the firearms in this article would easily meet that standard.
I don't remember that being outlined in the Federalist Papers, although I have no doubt that it was in their minds. Certainly other statements by them indicate that.
But only a couple of people on this thread have argued that the citizens should have all the weapons available to the military. I don't know if you're in that camp or not, but I don't think that's a very good idea.